Chicago Bears seasons
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This is a list of seasons completed by the Chicago Bears American Football Franchise. This list documents the season-by-season records of the Bears’ franchise from the dawn of the National Football League, to present day. Also, the list includes information pertaining to Bears’ postseason records.
Ever since their professional debut in 1920, the Chicago Bears have played in over one thousand games, and won nine American Football championships (eight NFL Championships and one Super Bowl), which is the second most in Professional American Football, behind the Green Bay Packers, who have won twelve. Additionally, the Chicago Bears currently hold the National Football League’s record for most victories overall.
- For complete team history, see History of the Chicago Bears
- For current season, see 2006 Chicago Bears season
| NFL Champions (1920–1969) | Super Bowl Champions (1970–present) | Division Champions | Conference Champions |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | Playoffs |
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| Decatur Staleys | ||||||||
| 1920 | APFA | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 2 | The APFA did not hold playoff games | ||
| Chicago Staleys | ||||||||
| 1921 | APFA | 1st | 9 | 1 | 0 | Named APFA Champions[1] | ||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||||
| 1922 | NFL | 2nd | 9 | 3 | 0 | The NFL did not hold playoff games until 1932 | ||
| 1923 | NFL | 2nd | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1924 | NFL | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1925 | NFL | 7th | 9 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 1926 | NFL | 2nd | 12 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 1927 | NFL | 3rd | 9 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 1928 | NFL | 5th | 7 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 1929 | NFL | 9th | 4 | 9 | 2 | |||
| 1930 | NFL | 3rd | 9 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 1931 | NFL | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 1932 | NFL | 1st | 7 | 1 | 6 | Named NFL Champions[2] | ||
| 1933 | NFL | West | 1st | 10 | 2 | 1 | Won NFL Championship (Giants) | |
| 1934 | NFL | West | 1st | 13 | 0 | 0 | Lost NFL Championship (Giants) | |
| 1935 | NFL | West | T-3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1936 | NFL | West | 2nd | 9 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1937 | NFL | West | 1st | 9 | 1 | 1 | Lost NFL Championship (Redskins) | |
| 1938 | NFL | West | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1939 | NFL | West | 2nd | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1940 | NFL | West | 1st | 8 | 3 | 0 | Won NFL Championship (Redskins) | |
| 1941 | NFL | West | 1st | 10 | 1 | 0 | Won Western Divisional Playoff (Packers) Won NFL Championship (Giants) |
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| 1942 | NFL | West | 1st | 11 | 0 | 0 | Lost NFL Championship (Redskins) | |
| 1943 | NFL | West | 1st | 8 | 1 | 1 | Won NFL Championship (Redskins) | |
| 1944 | NFL | West | T-2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 1945 | NFL | West | 4th | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1946 | NFL | West | 1st | 8 | 2 | 1 | Won NFL Championship (Giants) | |
| 1947 | NFL | West | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1948 | NFL | West | 2nd | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1949 | NFL | West | 2nd | 9 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1950 | NFL | National | 2nd | 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost Conference Playoff (Rams) | |
| 1951 | NFL | National | 4th | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1952 | NFL | National | 5th | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1953 | NFL | Western | 4th | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 1954 | NFL | Western | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1955 | NFL | Western | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1956 | NFL | Western | 1st | 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost NFL Championship (Giants) | |
| 1957 | NFL | Western | 5th | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1958 | NFL | Western | T-2nd | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | NFL | Western | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1960 | NFL | Western | 5th | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 1961 | NFL | Western | T-3rd | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1962 | NFL | Western | 3rd | 9 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1963 | NFL | Western | 1st | 11 | 1 | 2 | Won NFL Championship (Giants) | |
| 1964 | NFL | Western | 6th | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | NFL | Western | 3rd | 9 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1966 | NFL | Western | 5th | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1967 | NFL | Western | Central | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1968 | NFL | Western | Central | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1969 | NFL | Western | Central | 4th | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| 1970 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 6 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1971 | NFL | NFC | Central | 3rd | 6 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1972 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 4 | 9 | 1 | |
| 1973 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1974 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1975 | NFL | NFC | Central | 3rd | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1976 | NFL | NFC | Central | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1977 | NFL | NFC | Central | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) |
| 1978 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1979 | NFL | NFC | Central | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles) |
| 1980 | NFL | NFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1981 | NFL | NFC | Central | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1982[3] | NFL | NFC | 12th | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | NFL | NFC | Central | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1984 | NFL | NFC | Central | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) Lost Conference Championship (49ers) |
| 1985 | NFL | NFC | Central | 1st | 15 | 1 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Giants) Won Conference Championship (Rams) Won Super Bowl XX (Patriots) |
| 1986 | NFL | NFC | Central | 1st | 14 | 2 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) |
| 1987 | NFL | NFC | Central | 1st | 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) |
| 1988 | NFL | NFC | Central | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs[4] (Eagles) Lost Conference Championship (49ers) |
| 1989 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | |
| 1990 | NFL | NFC | Central | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Saints) Lost Divisional Playoffs (Giants) |
| 1991 | NFL | NFC | Central | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Cowboys) |
| 1992 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1993 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1994 | NFL | NFC | Central | 4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Vikings) Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) |
| 1995 | NFL | NFC | Central | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1996 | NFL | NFC | Central | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1997 | NFL | NFC | Central | 5th | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1998 | NFL | NFC | Central | 5th | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1999 | NFL | NFC | Central | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2000 | NFL | NFC | Central | 5th | 5 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2001 | NFL | NFC | Central | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Eagles) |
| 2002 | NFL | NFC | North | 3rd | 4 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2003 | NFL | NFC | North | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2004 | NFL | NFC | North | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2005 | NFL | NFC | North | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Panthers) |
| 2006[5] | NFL | NFC | North | 1st | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total[5] | 668[6] | 481 | 42 | (includes regular season) | ||||
| 14 | 16 | 0 | (includes playoffs) | |||||
| 682[7] | 497 | 42 | (includes regular season and playoffs) | |||||
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The NFL did not hold playoff games until 1932. The team that finished with the best regular season record was named the league champions.
- ^ The result of the 1932 NFL Playoff Game to determine the NFL champion between the Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans. The game counted in the standings and broke the tie.
- ^ 1982 was a strike-shorten season so the league was divided up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment.
- ^ The game was known as the Fog Bowl due to the heavy fog that covered the field for most of the game.
- ^ a b Current Standing as of October 16, 2006
- ^ 1920-present, Most regular-season victories for a NFL franchise.
- ^ 1920-present, Most overall victories for a NFL franchise.
[edit] References
- Chicago Bears History. Retrieved on April 30, 2006.
- Chicago Bears.com - History. Retrieved on January 31, 2006.
- Chicago Bears.com - Team Stats. Retrieved on June 31, 2006.
- Pro Football Hall of Fame - Chicago Bears. Retrieved on February 9, 2006.
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